AGENDA

Overview: Mission innovation “Hydrogen Valleys” workshop

HYDROGEN CHALLENGE OBJECTIVE:

“To accelerate the development of a global hydrogen market by identifying and overcoming key technology

barriers to the production, distribution, storage and use of hydrogen at gigawatt scale.”

MEMBERSHIP

Co-leads Australia, EU, Germany

Members Austria, Canada, Chile, China, France, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia,

UK, US

Observers Denmark, Korea, Mexico

WORKSHOP SUMMARY:

The workshop will bring together around 80 government officials and private stakeholders involved in nascent

“Hydrogen Valleys” projects from Mission Innovation Hydrogen Challenge member countries to discuss lessons

learnt and critical success factors for accelerating and expanding hydrogen projects globally.

The workshop will also involve representatives from strategic partners of Hydrogen Challenge, such as the

Hydrogen Council, the International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE) and the

IEA.

The event will be based on the testimonies of and sharing of the lessons learnt by the first “Hydrogen Valleys”

precursors identified globally (both existing and in the making) and will introduce some important European

activities in support of expanding the early markets for hydrogen.

The workshop will also aim at defining the most promising approaches for leveraging, consolidating and

disseminating the existing knowledge and building global alliances by means of an information-sharing

platform to be established in order to support the Mission Innovation Hydrogen Challenge’s efforts.

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MISSION INNOVATION “HYDROGEN VALLEYS” WORKSHOP

26 ─ 27 March 2019

Antwerp Port Authority/Havenbedrijf Antwerpen, Auditorium

Zaha Hadidplein 1, 2030 Antwerpen, Belgium

Day 1 : Tuesday 26th March

8:30 – 9:00 Registration, Tea and Coffee

9:00 – 9:10 Welcome Guy Janssens,

Port of Antwerp

9:10 – 9:30 Introduction and objectives of the workshop José Cotta, DG RTD,

European Commission

9:30 – 9:50 IEA’s perspective on hydrogen Simon Bennett, IEA Hydrogen

Project Lead

9:50 – 10:10 Hydrogen Council’s vision of “Hydrogen Valleys” Oliver Bishop, Shell on behalf

of Hydrogen Council

10:10 – 10:30 Towards large scale hydrogen projects – industry testimony Uffe Borup, VP Technology –

Hydrogen Solutions, NEL

10:30 - 11:00 Morning tea

11:00 – 12:30 “Hydrogen Valleys” – part I

(Presentations from individual initiatives responding to the

questions shared in advance)

12 minutes per presentation + 3 min Q&As

1. Port of Antwerp

2. Australia

3. Austria

4. Chile

5. China

6. EU/FCH JU

Country delegations

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15:30 “Hydrogen Valleys” – part II

7. France

8. Germany

9. Italy

10. Japan

11. Netherlands

12. UK

13. US

14. Hydrogen Council

Country delegations

15:30 – 16:00 Afternoon tea

16:00 – 17:00 Panel discussion with representatives of “Hydrogen

Valleys”:

What are the emerging lessons learnt? What are the key

issues? Where collaboration/information exchange between

projects is needed?

Moderated by European

Commission and Australia

End Day 1

Cocktail and Dinner at the Ark (http://www.deark-antwerpen.be) hosted by the FCH JU

Speech by Bart Biebuyck, Executive Director FCH JU

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Day 2 : Wednesday 27th March

8:30 – 9:00 Registration – venue Energy Observer

9:00 - 9:30 Messages from:

Victorien Erussard, Energy Observer's Captain

Patrick Child, Deputy Director General DG RTD

Valerie Bouillon Delporte, President of Hydrogen Europe

Laurent Antoni, President of Hydrogen Europe Research

9:30 – 11:00 Interactive networking breakfast and visit of the Energy

Observer

Screening of “Energy Observer, the Odyssey for the Future”

11:15 – 11:20 Welcome back at the Port of Antwerp & recap of Day 1 European

Commission

11:20- 12:15 European initiatives in support of early hydrogen markets:

- HyLaw - removal of legal barriers

- “Hydrogen Regions” initiative

- HYLAND - Hydrogen Regions In Germany

- CertifHy - guarantees of origin

- Q&A’s

Hydrogen Europe

(15’)

FCH JU (10’)

NOW (10’)

Hinicio (10’)

12:15 – 12:30 “Hydrogen Valleys” Information Sharing Platform – concept European

Commission, FCH JU

12:30 – 12:40 Mission Innovation & IPHE IPHE Executive

Director

12:40 – 13:40 Lunch

13:40 – 14:40 Session I: break-out groups & report-back

How to maximise the added-value of the “Hydrogen Valleys”

information-sharing-platform? Recommendations from

participants, recap

All

14:40-14:45 End of the public part – thank you and goodbye European

Commission

14:45 – 15:00 Afternoon tea

15:00-16:30 Session II: MI-IC8 government representatives only

Country priorities based on IC8 survey

Opportunities for international collaboration in members’

programs

The way forward – work-plan & next steps

All

Moderated by

Australia and

Germany

16:30-16:35 Thank you and goodbye European

Commission